Re: sensory?

[Guest guest]

Go on line a buy a book called Understanding Autism through RPM by Soma

Mukhopadhyay. It is likely that your son's flapping is a calming stim.

There are other ways to communicate rather than to talk.

Trina

Marlee wrote:

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> my son darian is 6 yrs old and still doesn't speak. he's been getting

> speech therapy at school and home, but doesn't seem to pick up

> anything.. i've noticed that most of the time, he's busy flapping his

> hands and only wants to be sort of sqeezing me. he does this a lot and

> grinds his teeth while doing it.. is this sensory or anxiety? can

> anything help? i think if i cut down the flapping and sqeezing thing,

> maybe i can get him to really focus on the therapist. And of course to

> help me, darian is getting bigger and he squeezes very tight!

>

>

[Guest guest]

I would recommend the book " Overcoming Autism " by Lynn Koegel. The

chapter on communication could be very helpful for speech therapy. I

think that the methods described in this book are excellent, and it's

very easy to follow.

There are certainly other ways to communicate too...PECS and being

other options too.

Caldwell, M.Ed.

http://www.PositivelyAutism.com

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> > my son darian is 6 yrs old and still doesn't speak. he's been

getting

> > speech therapy at school and home, but doesn't seem to pick up

> > anything.. i've noticed that most of the time, he's busy flapping

his

> > hands and only wants to be sort of sqeezing me. he does this a

lot and

> > grinds his teeth while doing it.. is this sensory or anxiety? can

> > anything help? i think if i cut down the flapping and sqeezing

thing,

> > maybe i can get him to really focus on the therapist. And of

course to

> > help me, darian is getting bigger and he squeezes very tight!

> >

> >

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